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ubuntu-security-announce Digest, Vol 90, Issue 17

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Today's Topics:

1. [USN-1409-1] Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities
(John Johansen)
2. [USN-1408-1] Linux kernel (FSL-IMX51) vulnerability
(John Johansen)
3. [USN-1197-7] ca-certificates-java vulnerability (Marc Deslauriers)


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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:23:02 -0700
From: John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-1409-1] Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities
Message-ID: <4F71B126.6000607@canonical.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1409-1
March 27, 2012

linux-lts-backport-oneiric vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.

Software Description:
- linux-lts-backport-oneiric: Linux kernel backport from Oneiric

Details:

Somnath Kotur discovered an error in the Linux kernel's VLAN (virtual lan)
and be2net drivers. An attacker on the local network could exploit this
flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2011-3347)

Sasha Levin discovered a flaw in the permission checking for device
assignments requested via the kvm ioctl in the Linux kernel. A local user
could use this flaw to crash the system causing a denial of service.
(CVE-2011-4347)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
linux-image-3.0.0-17-generic 3.0.0-17.30~lucid1
linux-image-3.0.0-17-generic-pae 3.0.0-17.30~lucid1
linux-image-3.0.0-17-server 3.0.0-17.30~lucid1
linux-image-3.0.0-17-virtual 3.0.0-17.30~lucid1

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1409-1
CVE-2011-3347, CVE-2011-4347

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-backport-oneiric/3.0.0-17.30~lucid1

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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:24:01 -0700
From: John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-1408-1] Linux kernel (FSL-IMX51) vulnerability
Message-ID: <4F71B161.7060704@canonical.com>
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1408-1
March 27, 2012

linux-fsl-imx51 vulnerability
==========================================================================

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

The system could be made to crash under certain conditions.

Software Description:
- linux-fsl-imx51: Linux kernel for IMX51

Details:

Louis Rilling discovered a flaw in Linux kernel's clone command when
CLONE_IO is specified. An unprivileged local user could exploit this to
cause a denial of service.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
linux-image-2.6.31-612-imx51 2.6.31-612.34

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

ATTENTION: Due to an unavoidable ABI change the kernel updates have
been given a new version number, which requires you to recompile and
reinstall all third party kernel modules you might have installed. If
you use linux-restricted-modules, you have to update that package as
well to get modules which work with the new kernel version. Unless you
manually uninstalled the standard kernel metapackages (e.g. linux-generic,
linux-server, linux-powerpc), a standard system upgrade will automatically
perform this as well.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1408-1
CVE-2012-0879

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-fsl-imx51/2.6.31-612.34

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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:53:56 -0400
From: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [USN-1197-7] ca-certificates-java vulnerability
Message-ID: <1332870836.5284.26.camel@mdlinux>
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1197-7
March 27, 2012

ca-certificates-java vulnerability
==========================================================================

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.10
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

A certificate authority mis-issued fraudulent certificates.

Software Description:
- ca-certificates-java: Common CA certificates (JKS keystore)

Details:

USN-1197-5 addressed an issue in ca-certificates pertaining to the Dutch
Certificate Authority DigiNotar mis-issuing fraudulent certificates.
This update provides the corresponding update for ca-certificates-java.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Dutch Certificate Authority DigiNotar had
mis-issued multiple fraudulent certificates. These certificates could allow
an attacker to perform a "man in the middle" (MITM) attack which would make
the user believe their connection is secure, but is actually being
monitored.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 11.10:
ca-certificates-java 20110912ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 11.04:
ca-certificates-java 20100412ubuntu0.11.04.1

Ubuntu 10.10:
ca-certificates-java 20100412ubuntu0.10.10.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
ca-certificates-java 20100406ubuntu1.1

After a standard system update you need to restart any application using
ca-certificates-java to make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1197-7
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1197-1
https://launchpad.net/bugs/920758

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ca-certificates-java/20110912ubuntu3.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ca-certificates-java/20100412ubuntu0.11.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ca-certificates-java/20100412ubuntu0.10.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ca-certificates-java/20100406ubuntu1.1


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